08-05-2016, 17:59
(08-05-2016, 17:02)4evaabaggie Wrote: St Charles, although I agree with most things you post but I have to disagree about the play offs being unfair, rarely do the third best team get promoted, I agree that everyone knows the rules before the season starts and sign up to them, when we were in division three ( old money ) Port Vale finished eight points above us, they beat us home and away, they were the better team but we won at Wembley three nil, I was there I would not change it for the world but that does not make it fair. Look where we are now and where they are, they may not have done what we have achieved but surely they deserved the chance. The three beat teams should get promoted.
Losing out on GD is not the same, you scored less or conceded more ...... therefore the better team finished higher.
Good luck non the less ... it is a lottery and the winning ticket is worth £170 million.
I did some stats for our board a couple of weeks ago, out of the last 23 playoff seasons, the team in 3rd place reached the final 15 times and went on to win the final 8 times, both numbers are higher than any other place.
I do agree it is a bit of a lottery, but that's what I love about them anyway. I still think they are the best innovation we have seen and they given a financial boost to football in places that needed it like all 3 of the FL divisions, that in itself is against the norm of the top teams getting all the money!!